So, here's the deal. I'm stuck between German and Dutch (I know it's useless, whatever). I have pretty much the same resources for both, and am interested in both. Which should I learn first?
I would do Dutch but I've started back playing an online game which is available in German (among other languages), and I know that'd be a huge help using the language that much. Which do you think is easier to learn first?
Some background info:
I speak English natively. I'm at an intermediate level in Spanish, and the aforementioned game isn't in Spanish.
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Anonymous2010-12-18 12:33
Freedom is just some arbitrary word. I believe in doing what works, not what brings satisfaction or pleasure. If "freedom" needs to compromised, so what.
Deutsch is more useful and is spoken in more places. It is closer to a lingua franca than Nederlands.
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Anonymous2010-12-22 16:50
Dutch and Germaish are the same language!
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Anonymous2010-12-24 5:10
>>44
If OP wanted to learn a language out of usefulness, he wouldn't have chosen either Dutch or German.
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Anonymous2010-12-24 13:12
>>46
True, i do plan on learning both anyways. And eventually I want to learn irish gaelic, so usefulness isn't too important to me. As long as there are some speakers and some audio/reading material for the language, I would learn it
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Anonymous2010-12-26 3:56
>>47
There's certainly more media resources available in the German language than Dutch.
Dutch is an easier language than German. There are a lot more grammatical cases in German. Also the words are more difficult with letters as the Ringel-S.